In a statement yesterday, the company said it had been granted a 30-year generation lease from the WA Government’s Economic Regulation Authority (ERA).
The ERA licensing was the final regulatory approval needed to allow the power plant to proceed.
Eneabba managing director Mark Babridge said the new plant would help meet the growing infrastructure needs of the region.
“Energy supply in the Mid-West has not kept pace with the growing demands from the region and Eneabba is now well positioned to become a major supplier to a range of corporate, industrial and commercial customers,” he said.
Construction of Centauri-1 is set to begin once Eneabba has completed its financing arrangements. It has contracted GE Packaged Power and General Electric International to start the advanced design, construction and commissioning of the plant.
On completion, Centauri-1 will supply the mid-western WA community, as well as Perth. While the company plans to run the station on natural gas initially, it also has plans for coal seam methane exploration north of Perth and says the plant could eventually run on CSM.
